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guest: 26% of the state is latino. this voting block has been shown to hear a lot about the economy, a lot about education. immigration does not rank as the highest this year of interest to these voters. it is an underlying across the board thing. are you saying the right thing on these topics. it is 2/3 versus 1/3 that the voters are split on this. this is what candidates are being -- candidates are fighting about. obama made a promise to address it in his first year in office and did not do that. he said he did not have time and did not have a cooperative congress. that has not stopped republicans who say, we can bring a comprehensive immigration reform, which is a term both parties defined differently. they are trying to make that a sales pitch. if you turn on spanish radio, you hear nonstop commercials from both sides. this is a swing state for the president and it is also a swing state for the senate and one of the congressional races on here as well. host: if we are talking with karoun demirjian from the washingt
guest: 26% of the state is latino. this voting block has been shown to hear a lot about the economy, a lot about education. immigration does not rank as the highest this year of interest to these voters. it is an underlying across the board thing. are you saying the right thing on these topics. it is 2/3 versus 1/3 that the voters are split on this. this is what candidates are being -- candidates are fighting about. obama made a promise to address it in his first year in office and did not do...
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governor bush would get even 60% of the latino voters. this is not a typical state in terms of latina support. host: this story, immigration reform, the mitt romney softening stance putting of hard-liners. mitt romney, having to walk a fine line between latino voters and keeping his conservative base happy when it comes to cases like immigration. host: he can work on a bipartisan immigration bill that satisfies the conservatives. as the chairman of the american conservative union, i have a lot of input on the issue. basically, look, border security and law and order are key. conservative folks do not like the idea of the legal status in this country. -- illegal status in this country. the devil is in the details, of course. look, this country without immigration is on a downward spiral in terms of population. we do not want to be another japan. we do not want a diminishing population that counts as an aging population, lessening our gross domestic product opportunity. everyone realizes we want to be for immigration. what he wants to do is
governor bush would get even 60% of the latino voters. this is not a typical state in terms of latina support. host: this story, immigration reform, the mitt romney softening stance putting of hard-liners. mitt romney, having to walk a fine line between latino voters and keeping his conservative base happy when it comes to cases like immigration. host: he can work on a bipartisan immigration bill that satisfies the conservatives. as the chairman of the american conservative union, i have a lot...
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even among groups like latinos, latinos are voting democratic them latino males. there are younger and older woman. there are really three generations. they've both republicans and obama has a problem with seniors for some time. if younger people vote, they vote democratic. host: we showed that "washington times "headline where he might not get -- where obama may not get big backing because 38% of voters said it will death in vote which is down from 66% four years ago. guest: feel look at 2010 an off- year elections -- 6.6 million young women who voted in 2008 did not show up in 2010. a 11 million on married women who had voted in 2008 did not show up. we need them back in 2012. host: what are their top issues? we had a poll this morning in the newspaper that showed the most important issue that impact women and abortion topped the list. guest: was flabbergasted -- flabbergasted by that paul. -- i was flabbergasted by that poll. the newest poll showed 47% of women said their top issue is some kind of woman's issue like abortion or birth control. that is very surpr
even among groups like latinos, latinos are voting democratic them latino males. there are younger and older woman. there are really three generations. they've both republicans and obama has a problem with seniors for some time. if younger people vote, they vote democratic. host: we showed that "washington times "headline where he might not get -- where obama may not get big backing because 38% of voters said it will death in vote which is down from 66% four years ago. guest: feel...
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they write off the latino population at their own peril. right now during the republican presidential debate we heard the rhetoric there. they do not seem to realize the country is not changing. host: jim, you are a ken rudin on with, the npr political junkie. go ahead. caller: i enjoy your comments and enjoyed watching you today. jennifer granholm, she is such a wonderful states lady. unfortunately, she cannot run for president. that is a really unfortunate coincidence. but she has done so much for michigan. when she was such a big part of the structure bailout of the auto industry, and helped michigan and all of those states. what she displayed at the democratic convention was wonderful. it is unfortunate that over all the republican administrations, we never have this kind of energy displayed to save jobs for the textile industry, where we could have saved those jobs and preserve all of that structure that was there to supply the auto parts and manufacturing. what can we do to get her in a house or senate position in michigan? host: here
they write off the latino population at their own peril. right now during the republican presidential debate we heard the rhetoric there. they do not seem to realize the country is not changing. host: jim, you are a ken rudin on with, the npr political junkie. go ahead. caller: i enjoy your comments and enjoyed watching you today. jennifer granholm, she is such a wonderful states lady. unfortunately, she cannot run for president. that is a really unfortunate coincidence. but she has done so...
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. >> winner of the american book award and international latino book award and growing up an illegal alien in los angeles tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> "washington journal"continue as -- host: the political columnist ed "the washington times." in his column this morning, he writes that this coming week may live up to the characterization that every week is a make or break a week of the campaign after labor day. do you think this week is a big win for the candidates? guest: in washington again breathless about things like debates. i think it is important. foreign policy is an area that people have to prove that they can meet a certain threshold and are not completely out of their depth in terms of dealing with a lot of tricky situations around the globe. this will be the man from the opportunity to prove he can deal with the powder keg in the middle east. based on what we have seen so far with the first debate, i feel pretty confident that may be the kind of thing where women get to it, our will say he comported himself pretty well in the first debate. it is bound to be very interesting
. >> winner of the american book award and international latino book award and growing up an illegal alien in los angeles tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> "washington journal"continue as -- host: the political columnist ed "the washington times." in his column this morning, he writes that this coming week may live up to the characterization that every week is a make or break a week of the campaign after labor day. do you think this week is a big win for the...
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because courts overruled the original proposed map and installed a map that referred the back to a latino majority. in that district, the 23rd, we have a heated contest spirit -- a contest. it is a very competitive contests stretching from el paso, 561 miles, all the way to the south side of san antonio. it is a perfect example of power congress is becoming very polarized between save democratic and save republican districts. guest: ted cruz, we sometimes forget that he will be a new member because that raises all about a primary. ted cruz is the former state's attorney general in texas. i'm not sure reform -- republicans found him as much as he found the party. and especially, the more conservative way of the party, the tea party or whatever you want to call them, he got a lot of support from people like senator rand paul, marker rubio -- marco and rubio, the center and from utah as well. he managed to beat the state's lieutenant governor, david dewhurst, in a runoff. and in the general election, not contested at all. it is kind of a done deal. host: here is a story from the dallas morni
because courts overruled the original proposed map and installed a map that referred the back to a latino majority. in that district, the 23rd, we have a heated contest spirit -- a contest. it is a very competitive contests stretching from el paso, 561 miles, all the way to the south side of san antonio. it is a perfect example of power congress is becoming very polarized between save democratic and save republican districts. guest: ted cruz, we sometimes forget that he will be a new member...
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i am independent, as you mentioned, our state consists of latinos, native, caucasians, moms, and myself was african- american. we have noticed certain lines have been drawn our state. i mean this with the utmost respect. certain people campaign in certain communities. if we are going to be for 100% of america, shouldn't the candidates go to all the people? as an african-american, it bothers me that some people take for granted that myself and my wife who is african-american, will automatically vote for barack obama. i would like to hear the other side of the argument in my community. some of my community members, we've rarely see elected officials or people running for office. guest: he is exactly right, we need to be campaigning across the country. republican candidates are doing that across the country. we feel good about where our targets are. if you look at the targets, there is no doubt the republican party prior to the 2006-2008 shrank back to a smaller version of itself. in the last cycle, we showed we can win seats across the country from the northeast to the midwest. for the fi
i am independent, as you mentioned, our state consists of latinos, native, caucasians, moms, and myself was african- american. we have noticed certain lines have been drawn our state. i mean this with the utmost respect. certain people campaign in certain communities. if we are going to be for 100% of america, shouldn't the candidates go to all the people? as an african-american, it bothers me that some people take for granted that myself and my wife who is african-american, will automatically...